日本に来てみて現実と想像は違いましたかって英語でなんて言うの？

We all have expectations and when the real thing comes before our eyes, we are sometimes surprised in either a positive or negative way. "Is married life what you expected it to be?"

In order to ask someone if their vacation in a particular place had gone exactly like they had imagined you may ask the following; Was Japan exactly as you had expected? Did Japan meet your expectations? keywords: expected: A strong belief of something that will happen. expectation: one's prospects or the possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring in a certain way.

This question focuses more specifically on their experience in Japan rather than Japan as a country. It may be possible that Japan was how they expected it but the visit did not meet their expectations because they could not see everything that they wanted to. I hope that this helps :)

Asking somebody "Is Japan different than what you expected?" is basically asking them if Japan is different than what they imagined. This could yield a good or bad answer. "Did you expect Japan to be like this?" is another way of saying "Is Japan different than what you expected?"

When you think about doing something you have your own thoughts on what it will be like this is called your 'expectaion' or what you 'expext' or what you 'imagine' So you might ask 'was Japan different to what you imagined? or 'was Japan different than you expected?'

"Did Japan meet or surpass your expectations?" You are asking your reader/listener in Japan was what they thought it would be and/or more? This starts a conversation about reality, culture, society and so on. "Was your visit to Japan how you imagined it would be?" This example sentence is similar to the above however in words that are probably more commonly use or understood by non-native English speakers.

This would be a great way of asking the person if Japan was as good as what they expected.